World energy demand is continuing to soar as cities grow, technology advances and industries develop. Buildings make up about 30%-40% of the total – even more than industry or transport. This comes largely from heating, cooling and ventilation systems, with air conditioning especially energy...
We are pleased to welcome Dr Tina Fawcett, Acting Energy Programme Lead and Associate Professor Energy Programme in the Environmental Change Institute as the new Oxford Energy Network Convenor with immediate effect. Tina’s research focusses mainly on energy use by households and organisat...
Maritime sector and CCS trading rules are set to change.
A combination of AI and advanced materials testing has been used to rapidly create an open-source database of electrocatalysts that could be vital to the energy transition.
The Oxford Smith School and independent think tank Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) are jointly set to launch a first-of-its-kind course, ‘Reaching Net Zero for India’. The online self-paced certificate course, which will be hosted by the global learning platform Apolitical, ...
More than 50,000 attendees were in Baku, Azerbaijan to attend the UN’s annual climate change conference, referred to as COP29, from 11-22 November. This included a delegation of Oxford academics and Oxford students who were part of various countries’ youth delegations or representing non-gove...
The Centre for Sustainable Energy responds to Ofgem’s consultation and emphasises the critical importance of ensuring the transition to a green, smart and net zero energy system doesn’t leave people in vulnerable circumstances behind.
ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods has urged president-elect Donald Trump to not take the US out of the Paris agreement on climate change. “We need a global system for managing emissions”, he said in an interview at the annual UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Drawing on the first comprehensive dataset of over 2,300 renewable energy start-ups across Africa and South Asia, a team led by the University of Oxford reveals current ‘hotspots’ and future business opportunities.